tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546755332895914029.post9215449577022364637..comments2024-03-28T05:39:03.457+00:00Comments on Stuff that occurs to me: Getting digital on older televisions without wasting money on fancy gadgetsJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17150960025351599805noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546755332895914029.post-10986351789383638002011-10-10T00:31:24.315+01:002011-10-10T00:31:24.315+01:00We recently bought a new TV because our Freesat bo...We recently bought a new TV because our Freesat box died. Up till then we were using an old crt TV, but decided to go for something decent, so bought a Panasonic flat screen. Picture quality and features are excellent! Certainly no graduations either on normal or HD, but it could be one of the areas that are sacrificed on cheaper TVs.Zenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10419783839561343514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546755332895914029.post-82265056068820816572011-10-10T00:27:00.619+01:002011-10-10T00:27:00.619+01:00I'd certainly agree that SCART connections are...I'd certainly agree that SCART connections are better but if your TV doesn't have a SCART socket (two of the three CRT televisions in my collection don't) then it's either that or buy a new set...<br /><br />Yeah I think the painter chip might be a Philips thing - they are a known nightmare from what I can gather. It's the thing that's responsible for enabling sound and Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150960025351599805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546755332895914029.post-58049477914355679392011-10-10T00:15:14.236+01:002011-10-10T00:15:14.236+01:00A SCART connection will always be better because t...A SCART connection will always be better because the signal doesn't have to go through the re-modulation and then de-modulated again in the TV and the inevitable signal degradation that inevitably causes.<br /><br />All Freeview boxes I've seen have the aerial output as well as SCART, so just about any box will do. However, some of the cheap and nasty ones are, well, cheap and nasty. In Zenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10419783839561343514noreply@blogger.com